Pros

Cons

12.9-inch length means it won't fit in many cases.
Cooling design exhausts air into chassis.
Ray-tracing and DLSS features remain underutilized, like with all RTX cards.

Bottom Line

A massive air cooler and dual eight-pin power connectors make MSI's GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio one of the most robust RTX 2080 partner cards we've seen.
The only challenge? Fitting it in your PC's case.